Brown Manuf'g Co. v. Mast
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
In Equity. Bill Tby the Brown Manufacturing Company against P. P. Mast & Co. for infringement of letters patent Ho. 190,816, issued May 15, 1877, to William P. Brown, for a cultivator. The alleged infringing machine was made under letters patent Ho. 260,447, issued July 4, 1882, to D. Berlew and M. L. Kissel.
1Opinion of the Court
TAET, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity, brought for the infringement of letters patent Ho. 390,816, granted to William P. Brown, and duly assigned to the complainant herein, the Brown Manufacturing Company. The defenses set up in the answer are want of novelty, absence of patentable invention in the patented device, and noninfringement. The patent sued on is for an improvement in the couplings of corn cultivators. These machines are for the purpose of loosening and keeping free from weeds the soil between the rows of growing com. Then general form has long been known. They consist of an…
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